Fran Barnwell is the pen name of Linda McGrory. Linda has a passion for writing and is an author and publisher. This, combined with her years of experience as a copy-editor with Palgrave Macmillan, the international academic publishers, has enabled Linda to specialise in helping solopreneurs write their own books. Linda's other passion has always been gardening which was inspired by her mother when, as a child, she was given a corner plot in the garden that she would tend with wonderment at what her little garden could produce. With a background in teaching and coaching, Linda now happily combines these two passions of writing and gardening. Under her pen name of Fran Barnwell, Linda has written a series of books for newbie gardeners. www.newtogardening.co.uk www.orchidsforbeginners.net Linda lives in Cornwall, UK, within the beautiful Tamar Valley, with her irrepressible terrier dog, Bailie.
